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person_profile-Anita Bryant

Anita Bryant Age: 85

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Anita Bryant

Date of Birth:

Mar 25, 1940

Country of birth:

USA

Biography of

Anita Bryant

    Anita Jane Bryant (born March 25, 1940) is an American singer and political activist, known for anti-gay activism. She had three Top 20 hits in the United States in the early 1960s. She was the 1958 Miss Oklahoma beauty pageant winner, and a brand ambassador from 1969 to 1980 for the Florida Citrus Commission.

    In the 1970s, Bryant became known as an outspoken opponent of gay rights in the U.S. In 1977, she ran the "Save Our Children" campaign to repeal a local ordinance in Miami-Dade County, Florida, that prohibited discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Her involvement with the campaign was condemned by gay rights activists. They were assisted by many other prominent figures in music, film, and television, and retaliated by boycotting the orange juice that she promoted. Though the campaign ended successfully with a 69% majority vote to repeal the ordinance on June 7, 1977 (Dade County restored the ordinance in 1998), it permanently damaged her public image, and her contract with the Florida Citrus Commission was terminated three years later. This, as well as her later divorce from Bob Green, damaged her financially. Bryant never regained her former prominence and filed for bankruptcy twice. She lives in her home state of Oklahoma, runs the Oklahoma City-based Anita Bryant Ministries International, and works with a host of charities and non-profits.

Photos of

Anita Bryant

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Filmography of

Anita Bryant

Found 8 Movies in total

Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

Self (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 2024

... 2015

Sex in '69: The Sexual Revolution in America

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2009

Milk

Self (archive Footage) ( Actor )

... 2008

Roger & Me

Herself ( Actor )

... 1989

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1982

... 1980

... 1979